Taking a swipe at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday said issues like Ram temple alone won’t get the saffron party votes in his state. Tamil Nadu has not preferrred BJP in the past elections and the same would be the case in this year’s Lok Sabha polls as well,… Continue reading "Stalin: Ram temple alone won’t get BJP votes in Tamil Nadu"
Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to ‘strongly take up the matter with the Sri Lankan Government’ for the immediate release of all the fishermen and their fishing boat apprehended in two back-to-back incidents during the Pongal season. ‘With a sense of deep anguish, I would like to draw your attention to the repeated… Continue reading "CM Stalin wants release of fishermen held in Lanka"
Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have ranked as best performing states in the startup ranking for 2022 based on their initiatives taken to develop the startup ecosystem for promoting budding entrepreneurs. Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan and Telangana are categorized as top performers. The new ranking was released by union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday. The states and union… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu placed under ‘Best Performer’ category in States’ Startup Ranking 2022"
A Patna court on Monday issued fresh summons to Tamil Nadu Minister Udaynidhi Stalin, the son of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on a complaint against his remarks comparing Sanatan Dharma to dengue, malaria, and corona. The MP-MLA court of Patna has asked Udhayanidhi Stalin, who had made the remarks at a public meeting in his state, to physically appear before… Continue reading "Patna court summons Udhayanidhi Stalin"
A second batch of the central committee on Friday inspected the damage wrecked by the recent heavy rain across the Thoothukudi district and the subsequent spate in Thamirabarani river during the middle of last December. The seven-member team, comprising KP Singh, Ranganath Audam, R Thangamani, Dr Ponnusamy, Rajesh Tiwary, KM Balajee and A Vijayakumar, inspected breaches in rivers and tanks,… Continue reading "Seven-member Central Committee visits flood-affected areas in Thoothukudi district"
The State government on Thursday launched its fourth ambitious climate change mitigation mission called “Tamil Nadu Sustainably Harnessing Ocean Resources and Blue Economy (TN-SHORE), also known as Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission. With assistance from the World Bank, the State would be pumping in a whopping Rs 1,675 crore over the next five years to arrest sea erosion, reduce marine… Continue reading "State govt. to implement Coastal Restoration Mission at cost of ₹1,675 crore"
The indefinite strike that was started by Tamil Nadu transport unions on Tuesday has been called off, with buses set to resume services from Thursday. The transport strike had raised concerns amongst residents as the Tamil festival ‘Pongal’ is just around the corner. The unions have demanded the signing of the 15th wage revision agreement to increase pay and fill… Continue reading "Will suspend bus strike till January 19, transport unions tell HC"
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said there is no need to project a Prime Minister candidate to seek votes for his party and its allies for the Lok Sabha polls slated to be held in April-May. In the last Parliamentary polls, “did Naveen Patnaik (Odisha Chief Minister and BJD top leader) project a PM face? No…did Jagan… Continue reading "AIADMK will contest LS polls without a PM candidate, says EPS"
The American Center Chennai, which has been an integral part of Chennai’s cultural and literary landscape for the last 76 years, will offer an American Center Pavilion during the 47th Chennai Book Fair hosted at the YMCA. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet staff and view books at stall number N1. U.S. Consul General Chennai Christopher Hodges inaugurated… Continue reading "American Center Pavilion at the Chennai Book Fair"
The Central government on Wednesday said it has decided to scrap the privatisation of SAIL’s Salem Steel Plant (SSP) in Tamil Nadu. This is the third unit of public sector major SAIL where the government has decided not to go ahead with the strategic sale. Earlier in 2019, it decided to halt the privatisation of Durgapur-based Alloys Steels Plant (ASP)… Continue reading "Centre scraps Salem Steel Plant sale plan"